It’s Important to Follow a Job Search Process

When you are learning to play an instrument or drive a car, there is a learning process that helps guarantee your success. The same holds true for a successful Job Search. There are three main elements beginning with Planning, then Search & Connect and finally, Interviewing. Throughout your job search you may choose to change your targets or adjust your resume, which can take you back to the Planning stage of your Search.
It is important that you don’t skip steps when you are conducting a Job Search. Soon you will notice changes in the design and functionality of our Career Portal. Our new design will walk you through the sixteen stages of a successful job search and provide information on how to successfully complete each step. If you are not participating on our weekly Job Seeker Webinars, sign up for the next call scheduled. The training is great but the most important part of these calls is answering your questions or helping you solve problems that you may be facing.
Upcoming Free Job Seeker Training Webinars:

January 28th @ 12:00 pm EST (11:00 am CST) - How to Maintain Marketability when you're Unemployed

• What you can do now to enhance your resume
• How to explain and present a long gap in employment
• Learn to package your experience, skills and accomplishments

February 3rd @ 1:00 pm EST (12:00 pm CST) - Why Role Play and with Who?

• Learn why role playing can greatly enhance your results
• Know WHO is best to help you fine tune your interview skills
• How role playing can lean to job offers
• Learn WHAT you should role play

February 9th @3:00 EST (2:00 CST) - Negotiate the Best Salary

• Learn how benefits dramatically affect your job offer
• Know what questions to ask once an offer has been extended.
• Why a lower salary can really represent a "raise"

*Log into the Career Portal at www.thrpartnerscareercenter.com  and click on the WEBINAR Tab. Then click on the calendar for the dates listed above and register by clicking the webinar registration links.

To Your Successful Career Search,
THR Partners

Career Advisor

HOT TOPIC
Informational interviews can lead to job interviews. The Job Seeker Webinar that took place this week titled "The Who, What, When, Where and Why of Informational Interviews" addressed the importance of informational interviews. If you did not have a chance to participate, visit our career portal early next week once we have posted the recorded webinar and handouts, and follow the advice shared.
If you have not been successful in landing interviews, the informational interview can help you obtain referrals and often turn into job interviews. Informational interviews should be an important element in your search process.
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MUST READS
It is important for you to read what others are reading in your targeted profession or industry. You should identify what to read by asking people who are working in the job you want, what they read. Also contact the Associations representing your chosen field and see what information they provide on their website. You need to sound like an insider when you are marketing yourself. There is a list of Trade Publications that you can obtain FREE for six months by visiting our Career Portal. You can review the entire list and select the publications that interest you.
Click here to see the Trade Publications:
URL: www.thrpartnerscareercenter.com/magazine.php

FREE JOB SEEKER WEBINARS
You may register for the Free Training Webinars by clicking the WEBINARS Tab on the left hand side of our Career Portal Home Page. The Webinars consist of 20 minutes of training and 40 minutes of Q&A where our Trainer addresses the questions that are MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU. No questions are off limits.
January 28th @ 12:00 pm EST - How to Maintain Marketability when you're Unemployed

• What you can do now to enhance your resume
• How to explain and present a long gap in employment
• Learn to package your experience, skills and accomplishments

February 3rd @ 1:00 pm EST - Why Role Play and with Who?

• Learn why role playing can greatly enhance your results
• Know WHO is best to help you fine tune your interview skills
• How role playing can lean to job offers
• Learn WHAT you should role play

*Log into the Career Portal and click on the WEBINAR Tab. Then click on the calendar for the dates listed above and register by clicking the webinar registration links.
Your Login Information is:
URL: www.thrpartnerscareercenter.com

TIP FOR THE WEEK
It is important for you to review your job search every Friday afternoon. Review what you have done to progress your job search and then ask yourself three questions:

1. What am I doing RIGHT? The 20% of your actions that provide you with 80% of your results (Commit to doing more of those actions)
2. What is wasting my time? (Stop doing those things immediately)
3. What new idea can I implement to improve my chances at finding a job?
   (You can’t do things the same way and expect different results. Many NEW IDEAS are shared during our free Weekly Job Seeker Webinars that we provide for you. If you cannot attend, listen to the recordings of these Webinars that are located in our Career Portal Library. The various materials shared work in TODAY’S Job Market)

To Your Successful Career Search,

Career Advisor

The job market is beginning to change, the economy is changing and it is time for you to change the way you are conducting your search process. It’s still not easy to find a job, but more employers are hiring and it is the job seeker who puts momentum in their search that will be hired.

Contact all the companies who have interviewed you in the past several months (Not through a Search Firm, of course). They may have additional opportunities available.  Send your resume and cover letter directly to hiring authorities in your targeted companies. Update your professional profile on your Social Media sites and join discussion and networking groups.

Every day focus on how you can get yourself in front of a hiring authority. Now is the time to commit to spending at least 35 hours a week on your search if you are not employed and 10 hours a week if you are employed.

MUST READS
When is the last time you adjusted or revised your cover letter. If you are not scheduling interviews it could be your cover letter. This week we’re going to discuss how to write a cover letter when you are aware of a specific opportunity.

Express your confidence in performing the tasks of the job and your high level of interest. You then take the requirements of the job and list them on the left hand side of your cover letter and then list the credentials you possess that match their needs on the right hand side. End your cover letter with an exact timeframe for your follow up call.

Read your cover letter today and consider the following...If you were the hiring authority reading your cover letter, would you set up the interview with you? If you answered no, it’s time to read your cover letters and make adjustments to improve your chances of landing interviews.

Click here to request a re-write of your resume:
URL: www.thrpartnerscareercenter.com/pro_resume_services.php

FREE JOB SEEKER WEBINARS
You may register for the Free Training Webinars by clicking the WEBINARS Tab on the left hand side of our Career Portal Home Page (www.thrpartnerscareercenter.com).  The Webinars consist of 20 minutes of training and 40 minutes of Q&A where our Trainer addresses the questions that are MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU. No questions are off limits.
January 20th @ 2:00 pm EST  - The Who, What, When, Where and Why of informational Interviews

• Learn how informational interviews advance your job search
• Understand the benefits of an informational interview
• Learn how this type of interview can lead to a job offer

January 28th @ 12:00 pm EST - How to Maintain Marketability when you're Unemployed

• What you can do now to enhance your resume
• How to explain and present a long gap in employment
• Learn to package your experience, skills and accomplishments

*Log into the Career Portal and click on the WEBINAR Tab. Then click on the calendar for the dates listed above and register by clicking the webinar registration links.
Your Login Information is:
URL: www.thrpartnerscareercenter.com

TIP FOR THE WEEK
Your expectations and attitude have a tremendous impact on your ability to conduct a successful job search. If you are negative and stressed out, you are actually hurting your chances of finding your next job. I hear job seekers often say "if I just had a job I’d be happy". Unfortunately, hiring authorities want to hire individuals who ARE happy and possess a positive attitude.

I’d like to share a quote with you from Denis Waitley "Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude." Do your best each day to focus on what is good or right in your life. It will help you maintain the attitude and demeanor that are most desired by your future employer!

To Your Successful Career Search,

The Only Way to Improve Your Interviewing Skills is by Role Playing

There are many reasons why role playing may not be something you can accomplish:

• You don’t know anyone who can role play with you
• You are currently employed and don’t want people to know you are in a search
• You find it too embarrassing to get comfortable with the process
• You don’t want to be judged by someone who is not a hiring authority

If any of these describe your situation, you have another option in order to enjoy the benefits of role playing. You can write down sample interview questions which I have included later in this presentation. Begin to record yourself as you ask the questions and provide your answers.
When you listen to yourself, you can pick out your strengths and weaknesses as you critique the recording. Listen to the recording as if you are a hiring authority and rate yourself on a scale of 1 - 10. Continue this process until you are scoring a 9 or 10 in most areas.
Once you become comfortable recording your interview, you then need to role play with family, friends, neighbors, individuals in Job Clubs or anyone else who is willing to role play with you. It’s important to realize that if you are NOT comfortable role playing, you are probably NOT comfortable with interviewing. You can delay the live role playing with another person, but you really can’t avoid it.
The most qualified person does not necessarily get hired, it’s the person who interviews the best. When you think of how difficult it is to schedule interviews, you want to be at your best during the interview process.
Hiring authorities react to your ability to:

• Make a great first impression
• Answer questions effectively
• Show your personality
• Overcome objections
• Stand out from other job seekers
• Ask the best questions
• Have the interviewer "envision" you in the position
• Show your confidence level and interest in the position
• Close strong
• Set up the follow-up process

The more you record your interviews and role play with others, the better you will interview which will result in job offers.

Remember to register for the upcoming Free Job Seeker Training Webinars:

January 10th @ 10:00 AM EST (9:00 AM CST) - Exactly WHAT should you research about a company?

• Learn the best way to conduct research
• How to identify the company culture
• Know how to research salaries and benefits
• Who can assist you the most with your research

January 20th @ 2:00 EST (1:00 CST) - The Who, What, When, Where and Why of informational Interviews

• Learn how informational interviews advance your job search
• Understand the benefits of an informational interview
• Learn how this type of interview can lead to a job offer

*Log into the Career Portal at www.thrpartnerscareercenter.com and click on the WEBINAR Tab. Then click on the calendar for the dates listed above and register by clicking the webinar registration links.

To Your Successful Career Search,
THR Partners